Ransomware dominated the headlines in 2016, as organizations of all sizes and sectors fell victim to malware that locked down, encrypted - and in some cases threatened to destroy - critical systems and data. But is ransomware truly as big a security challenge as it is a compelling story? And what lessons have enterprises learned to better prepare them to detect and respond to ransomware in the year ahead?

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In your opinion, is ransomware currently a significant business threat to enterprises such as your own, or is it more of an overhyped news story?

Significant business threat

Overhyped news story

A business threat - but not to my organization

A non-story

What do you believe to be the biggest takeaway from the ransomware surge in 2016?

The threat actors are changing their tactics

Ransomware is evolving in menacing new ways

Enterprise defenses are even worse than I thought

Users remain the single weakest link in the security chain

It's a bigger story than it is an actual threat

Enterprises must assume that malware (like ransomware) and other bad actors are already within their perimeters

Based on what you know about ransomware, who do you believe are the predominant threat actors behind the attacks?